Branching out is a sustainable living programme full of innovative ideas and activities linked to the National Curriculum. Themed around healthy eating; working with willow; and sustainable living, visits by schools, colleges and community groups are carefully planned to meet individual needs.

Branching Out also offers practical skills workshops for educational providers - make your training day something to look forward to!
Heritage Lottery Fund
North Devon Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Bursaries for Pupils and Teachers

We offer bursery funding for teachers and students. Teachers can receive up to 80% of course costs for INSET days and we can assist in funding students reducing costs from £10.00 per student down to as low as £2.50 in cases of hardship.

For more information and an application form please click here.

The Woodroffe School, Dorset Foodies Day July 2011, 48 students

Chocolate Making, Home Cheese Making, Exotic Bread Making, Wild & Edible Quiz in a Yurt,

Cost £12 each, supported with bursaries of £4.50 per child, final cost £7.50 each.

Comments from the school:

Hi Sandra,  

Many many thanks for yesterday.

We felt the day was a great success despite our late arrival, plus you and your team were just wonderful and very pateint with our students.  They indeed had a great day and went home with very full tummies after the Chelsea Buns!   

Hopefully, we'll be able to run this trip again and if so, I hope to see you again next year, only next time we'll set out earlier!  

On behalf of Julie Kabia and myself, we thank you again.  

Regards,   Tracey Humphreys  

  

Available on CD, they contain:

  • Practical workshop ideas linked to the Key Stages of the National Curriculum
  • Activity Worksheets
  • Teachers’ Guidance Notes
  • Follow Up Ideas to extend course work
  • Detailed subject information
     

Branching Out offers practical skills workshops for educational providers. Make your INSET day something to look forward to and call to discuss your ideas.

 We have expert tutors who are willing to visit your school or college to deliver a range of activities, without the need to organise transport. Just give us a call with an idea of what you'd like to do and we'll do the rest.

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Rural Skills

Traditional Celtic Roundhouse
Gate Hurdles
Natural Dye Garden
Cob Making
Spinning & Weaving
Felt Making
Leather Work Belts, Jewellery & Shoes
Jewellery Making
Rush Matting
Pottery
Mosaics

Sustainable Living

Straw bale Building
Cob Ovens
Cob Structures
Green Oak Frame Composting Toilets
Yurt Making
Lime Rendering
Wattle & Daub
Thatching
Shingle Roofing

 

Working With Willow

Organic Willow Beds
Sewage Filtration Tree Bog
Living Willow Structures
Yurt Making
Basket Making
Currach Building

Healthy Eating

Well Hill Demonstration Kitchen Garden
Grinding Spelt & Making Bread
Gathering, Cooking and Preserving Food
Celtic Cookery

 

 

Our course tutors are experts in their field and passionate about involving young people in sustainable lifestyles.

Some of them are qualified teachers, themselves living on organic smallholdings or in sustainable buildings, happy to inspire new generations of young people.

Pricing depends on numbers of children and choice of activities, starting from £8.50 per child.

We can suggest a selection of activities to fit in with your current National Curriculum requirements, depending on the age of your group. Every visit is tailored to the needs and size of the group.

Contact Us

Telephone: 01288 331 692

Email: info@yarnertrust.org

Post: The Yarner Trust
Welcombe Barton
Welcombe
Bideford
Devon
EX39 6HF

 
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We are very easy to find, click here for directions.

The Trust is based at Welcombe Barton, a medieval farmhouse in a quiet rural setting close to the rugged North Devon coastline. Accommodation, camping and venue hire are available.

Schools & Education

If you want a tutor to visit your school or group, just call us for a wide range of curriculum based or fun activities for a half or full day session.